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6 Thoughts About Last Night's Democratic Debate
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- October 31, 2007
The mystery over tax and Social Security reform only grows deeper.
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Will the Tax Issue Bite Democrats?
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- October 30, 2007
It may be the only weapon Republicans have.
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Rangel Tax Bill Could Reverse 'Reaganomics'
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- October 26, 2007
AMT reform and other Democrat tax ideas would send rates soaring.
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Rangel's 'Mother of All Tax Reforms'
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- October 25, 2007
Bold AMT plan may signal start of a broader push to raise rates. Does Hillary know?
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Is the Tax Issue Back?
By Michael Barone -
Opinion
- October 12, 2007
Michael Barone Wonders Whether the U.S. Will Revisit the Tax Issue
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At GOP Debate, Clinton Emerges as Focus
By Liz Halloran -
Nation & World
- October 10, 2007
As Thompson debuts, Romney and Giuliani go after each other...and Hillary
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Hillary Lays Out Her Economic Plan
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- October 9, 2007
Sorry, GOP, Clinton won't advocate raising middle-class taxes.
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Splitting (Third) Rails
By James Pethokoukis -
Money & Business
- October 5, 2007
James Pethokoukis on Politics and Fixing Social Security
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Capital Gains Taxes and Innovation
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- September 26, 2007
Incentives matter if you want to create more Microsofts and Googles.
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Giuliani Willing to Consider Raising Social Security Taxes
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- September 26, 2007
So far, he's the only GOP candidate who says he is willing to do so.
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Diving Dollar Is a Vote of No Confidence
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- September 26, 2007
Tax and trade policy aside, America's strengths mean the euro is not a serious long-term competitor.
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Bush the Economist
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- September 21, 2007
The president calls himself a supply-sider and pretty much gets the theory right.
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Obama Pushes for Higher Investment Taxes
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- September 19, 2007
Barack Obama is in favor of nearly doubling the capital-gains tax rate from 15 percent to 28 percent.
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Can Clinton Pay for Her Trillion-Dollar Plan?
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- September 18, 2007
Congress also has spending plans for revenue from a partial repeal of the Bush tax cuts.
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GOP Debate Seemed Removed From Economic Reality
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- September 6, 2007
How could the Republican candidates not mention the housing crisis or the rising risk of recession?
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Congress, White House Prepare for Battle
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- August 31, 2007
Both Democrats and Republicans will use AMT reform, a homeowner bailout, and China trade as 2008 issues.
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Can Republicans Explain Why Higher Taxes Are Bad?
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- August 29, 2007
The Clinton economic boom back in the 1990s muddies the case for keeping the Bush cuts.
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Larry Summers on China, Taxes, and Growth
Capital Commerce
- June 21, 2007
"I think attempting to bludgeon China is a very risky course," is how Larry Summers, President Clinton's final Treasury secretary and former president of Harvard University, analyzed—in a chat with me this week—the wisdom of congressional attempts to push Beijing into quickly raising the value of its currency vs. the dollar in hopes of reducing America's massive trade deficit.
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The Magic $50 Billion Tax Hike
Capital Commerce
- June 20, 2007
"What other taxes will be hiked, under the guise of 'fairness,' in the next few years?" is the question that longtime Washington hand Greg Valliere of the Stanford Group asks in his latest piece of perceptive, inside-the-beltway analysis. That apt query is prompted by apparent widespread support on Capitol Hill for legislation that would boost taxes on private-equity firms taking themselves public, like Blackstone.
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Does Paying Taxes Give Us Pleasure?
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- June 20, 2007
No candidate is talking about taxes as if they were country-club membership fees—at least not yet.
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Parsing Last Night's Democratic Debate
Capital Commerce
- June 4, 2007
Three points about last night's Democratic debate in Manchester, N.H.
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Could We Afford a President Edwards?
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- May 15, 2007
You've got to give John Edwards some credit. Unlike most of the presidential candidates of both parties, he's actually proposing some very specific economic policies--and even putting some price tags on them.
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Lobbyists Like Bush's Healthcare Approach
By Renuka Rayasam -
Small Biz Scene
- January 24, 2007
President Bush's State of the Union address tackled everything from the war in Iraq to education at home. But small-business groups weren't paying attention to his shout-out to Dikembe Mutombo.
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A Sneak Preview of Obamanomics
Capital Commerce
- January 16, 2007
OK, I just got done watching Sen. Barack Obama's five-and-a-half minute campaign video on his brand new Obama Exploratory Committee website.
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